THE SCOTSMAN 22ND FEBRUARY 1905 DEATH OF AN EDINBURGH BANKER The death is announced at Shandon of Mr Alexander Duncan, agent of the National Bank of Scotland (Limited), High Street, Edinburgh. The deceased, who had been in indifferent health for some time, went to Shandon a little over a week ago, and had, it wasContinue reading “Death of Edinburgh Banker at Shandon”
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A Shandon Elopement
GREENOCK TELEGRAPH AND CLYDE SHIPPING GAZETTE 11 AUGUST 1892 CASE OF ELOPEMENT IN THE SHANDON DISTRICT Some little sensation has been created in the Gareloch district by the elopement of a young working-man’s wife with her cousin. It appears that a gardener named Thomson and his wife, residing in the Shandon district, were recently visitedContinue reading “A Shandon Elopement”
School Inspector’s Report
HELENSBURGH NEWS 24 SEPTEMBER 1885 SHANDON SHANDON SCHOOL The following is a copy of H M Inspector’s report of this school:- “The present teacher has been in charge only since January, but has already made a marked impression. The school is taught with great firmness, vigour and quietness. The pupils are uncommonly tidy. The toneContinue reading “School Inspector’s Report”
Shandon Hydro Hotel in Verse
HELENSBURGH NEWS 27 MAY 1880 The new institution is getting into fame already, if we may judge from the following vers de Societie: A Young Man’s Lament Woe worth the day when first I sawThe Shandon Hydropathic!Since that date I lament my fateIn language most emphatic A country lad, my heart was glad,And quite untouchedContinue reading “Shandon Hydro Hotel in Verse”
Christmas at Shandon 1879
Dear blog reader, this is the third part in the series looking at what was the focus in Shandon in a particular week in time. These reports appeared in the first 1880 edition of the Helensburgh News reporting on Christmas night at the Hydro and those people who were staying at the Hydro that Christmas.Continue reading “Christmas at Shandon 1879”
Drowning opposite Blairvaddich
Dundee Evening Telegraph 23 September 1884 Sad drowning of two boys near Helensburgh Shortly after four o’clock yesterday, two lads named Gordon Carnachan, son of Dr Carnachan, and Archibald Campbell, son of Captain Campbell, of the Circassia, each aged about 16, started from Clynder in the lugsail boat Zulu to cross the loch. When oppositeContinue reading “Drowning opposite Blairvaddich”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, part 2
Dear blog reader This is the second part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. Please note that for privacy reasonsContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, part 2”
Death of Mr William Gunn of Shandon
Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser 14 May 1859 In our obituary today many will regret to observe the name of Mr Gunn of Shandon Bank, for a considerable period extensively engaged in business in this city, and who for a number of years has lived in retirement on his property at Shandon Bank, on theContinue reading “Death of Mr William Gunn of Shandon”
Shandon Yacht Fire
The Scotsman 26 July 1930 Yesterday, when two engineers were endeavouring to start the engines of a twin-screw cabin cruiser on the Gareloch near the Glasgow Motor Boat Racing Club’s pier at Shandon, one of the engines mis-fired and an explosion occurred, throwing one of the men into the fore-saloon with great violence. A fireContinue reading “Shandon Yacht Fire”
Death of a Shandon boy in 1918
Daily Record 9 May 1918 Shandon boy’s sad death Robert Hill (13) succumbed in the Victoria Infirmary, Helensburgh, yesterday, to injuries sustained through the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a comrade. The boys had been shooting squirrels on Tuesday night and the gun went off, the charge lodging in the rightContinue reading “Death of a Shandon boy in 1918”
Shandon People and History 